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VG247.comFri, 09 Dec 2016 18:13:35 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3Age of Wonders 3 video shows off the level editorhttp://www.vg247.com/2014/04/04/age-of-wonders-3-video-shows-off-the-level-editor/
http://www.vg247.com/2014/04/04/age-of-wonders-3-video-shows-off-the-level-editor/#respondFri, 04 Apr 2014 17:22:01 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=462536Age of Wonders 3 has a new video available showing off the game’s level editor. Triumph Studios said the tool allows user to “craft their own single and multi-player player scenarios” using the game’s content library. Players can also create their own characters and campaigns with story cut-scenes, with their own art assets and voiceovers. The level editor has been made freely available to all players and is accessible from the game’s launcher. The video is below.

Conqueror’s Feast – The ‘Enemy in domain’ and ‘Enemy at the gates’ morale penalties are twice as effective against the caster’s enemies. In addition, the caster’s units require less upkeep cost outside of their Empire’s domain.

Global Assault – All your units gain Charge, First Strike, and are promoted to the gold medal rank. All units produced in your cities gain gold medals as well.

The Warlord Class can be mixed with any of the six races and can be further augmented using specializations with will provide the class with additional magical skills.

Age of Wonders 3 is now available for pre-order on Steam and GoG and will be released digitally worldwide on March 31 and through European retail on PC.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2014/03/26/age-of-wonders-3-gameplay-video-introduces-the-warlord-leader-class/feed/0Age of Wonders 3 gameplay video introduces the Theocrat leader classhttp://www.vg247.com/2014/03/15/age-of-wonders-3-gameplay-video-introduces-the-theocrat-leader-class/
http://www.vg247.com/2014/03/15/age-of-wonders-3-gameplay-video-introduces-the-theocrat-leader-class/#respondSat, 15 Mar 2014 15:14:35 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=457030Age of Wonders 3 has a new gameplay trailer which contains 19 minutes of footage which introduces the Theocrat leader class. Theocrats lead the masses “by their hearts” as they “heal, persuade, minister and convert.” Since the class tends to not wield direct offensive powers, don’t be fooled: they still pack a dangerous punch thanks to their holy armies of martyrs, evangelists, templar knights, war shrines and angelic beings. Age of Wonders 3 is now available for purchase on Steam ahead of its March 31 release, and pre-orders include all sorts of goodies.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2014/03/15/age-of-wonders-3-gameplay-video-introduces-the-theocrat-leader-class/feed/0Age of Wonders 3 now available for Steam pre-purchasehttp://www.vg247.com/2014/02/25/age-of-wonders-3-now-available-for-steam-pre-purchase/
http://www.vg247.com/2014/02/25/age-of-wonders-3-now-available-for-steam-pre-purchase/#respondTue, 25 Feb 2014 23:16:01 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=451549Age of Wonders 3 is now available for purchase on Steam ahead of its March 31 release. Pre-orders include bonus content – a standalone scenario for up to six players, following the adventures of the High Elves as they strive to retake the Heartwood Forest. The turn-based, 4X strategy RPG will set you back $40, although Triumph Studios has also produced a $45 deluxe edition with soundtrack and additional scenario.
]]>http://www.vg247.com/2014/02/25/age-of-wonders-3-now-available-for-steam-pre-purchase/feed/0Age of Wonders 3 – random generated maps and Arch-Druid class revealedhttp://www.vg247.com/2014/02/15/age-of-wonders-3-random-generated-maps-and-arch-druid-class-revealed/
http://www.vg247.com/2014/02/15/age-of-wonders-3-random-generated-maps-and-arch-druid-class-revealed/#commentsSat, 15 Feb 2014 16:16:20 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=448888Age of Wonders 3 developer Triumph Studios has provided in-depth details on the the Arch-Druid leader class played using the Random Map Generator system.

– Scoundrel – The dirt fighting henchmen of the Rogue with the ability to climb fortifications.
– Succubus – Corrupted seductress built at cities from one of the main races. Can convert units on the battlefield.
– Shadow Stalker – Incorporeal monster of elemental darkness. Has protection against physical weapons.

Rogue Skill Examples:

• Mass Battlefield Panic – Attempt to panic all enemy units on the battlefield. Units that were not Panicked are Hindered instead. Panicked units don’t obey orders and attempt to flee from enemies or escape the battlefield.
• Night Wish – The caster’s domain is shrouded in a sinister darkness and becomes unexplored for other players and all units suffer a vision range penalty.
• Rain of Poison Blades – Rains down armor piercing blades covered in poison.
• Plague of Brigands – Infiltrates the domain of a target enemy city with brigands that attack everything

The Rogue Class can be mixed with any of the six races and can be further augmented using specializations leading to additional magical skills.

Check out the trailer below.

Originally slated for a fall 2013 release, the game was delayed in order to focus on the overall quality of the title, and will now be released sometime during March 2014.

]]>Age of Wonders 3 gamescom video shows 10 minutes of Dreadnought gameplayhttp://www.vg247.com/2013/08/22/age-of-wonders-3-gamescom-video-shows-10-minutes-of-dreadnought-gameplay/
http://www.vg247.com/2013/08/22/age-of-wonders-3-gamescom-video-shows-10-minutes-of-dreadnought-gameplay/#respondThu, 22 Aug 2013 16:19:32 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=401291Age of Wonders 3 has a new video available, showing off 10 minutes of the dwarven Dreadnought which is technology-based, and uses the power of machines instead of spells. It’s rather neat. Have a watch. The game was originally slated for a fall 2013 release, but Triumph Studios announced back in July it would instead be releases on Steam in Q1 2014.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2013/08/22/age-of-wonders-3-gamescom-video-shows-10-minutes-of-dreadnought-gameplay/feed/0Age of Wonders 3 delayed into 2014, team needs more time “creating all the features and content”http://www.vg247.com/2013/07/19/age-of-wonders-3-delayed-into-2014-team-needs-more-time-creating-all-the-features-and-content/
http://www.vg247.com/2013/07/19/age-of-wonders-3-delayed-into-2014-team-needs-more-time-creating-all-the-features-and-content/#commentsFri, 19 Jul 2013 13:07:03 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=390279Age of Wonders 3, the Notch-funded turn-based strategy RPG sequel to Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic in development at Triumph Studios, has had its release delayed into 2014.

Originally slated for a fall 2013 release, the delay was implemented in order to focus on the overall quality of the title.

“When announcing the game earlier in the year we listed a projected release date of fall 2013,” the developer’s community manager Jimmy van der Have stated on the forums.

“We immediately got questions on this, whether this would be fall in the southern or northern hemisphere, and when pre-orders would start. “We’ve made great progress developing the game and feel now is the time to give you heads up that we will take a bit more time creating all the features and content.

“Age of Wonders 3 is the largest game in the series and with the additional polish we hope we can give you an even better experience.”

The last game in the series was released in 2003, and Age of Wonders 3 will now be released during Q1 2014.

A gameplay video shown during GDC 2013 is below to help refresh your memory.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2013/07/19/age-of-wonders-3-delayed-into-2014-team-needs-more-time-creating-all-the-features-and-content/feed/1Age of Wonders 3’s “big partner” is none other than Markus “Notch” Perssonhttp://www.vg247.com/2013/02/13/age-of-wonders-3s-%e2%80%9cbig-partner%e2%80%9d-is-none-other-than-markus-notch-persson/
http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/13/age-of-wonders-3s-%e2%80%9cbig-partner%e2%80%9d-is-none-other-than-markus-notch-persson/#commentsWed, 13 Feb 2013 19:54:59 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=339864Triumph’s partner in the development of Age of Wonders 3 is none other than Markus “Notch” Persson, the firm’s co-owner Lennart Sas has revealed to Eurogamer.

Thought to possibly be in development with Epic when the game was announcedlast week, Sas has since spilled the beans on the game’s main benefactor.

“We had a demo for Age of Wonders 3 and talked to various parties including traditional publishers,” Sas told the site. “There was certainly interest but the prospect of having Notch help fund was a dream come true, as he’s a fan of the game and didn’t insist on owning it like many of the publishers do these days when they fund development.

“It certainly didn’t happen overnight, and he kept a healthy business sense towards the project. His biggest concern was that it would cost him a lot of time, so it helped that we made this sort of game before and were at an advanced stage of development.”

Sas said he approached Notch on the project after seeing a “random title-screen blurb” mentioning Age of Wonders in Minecraft.

Age of Wonders 3 is slated for a fall release on PC, with plans for a Mac version, and possibly a tablet version later on.

Screens and some artwork are posted below.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/13/age-of-wonders-3s-%e2%80%9cbig-partner%e2%80%9d-is-none-other-than-markus-notch-persson/feed/5Age of Wonders 3 in the works for PC, fall release targetedhttp://www.vg247.com/2013/02/06/age-of-wonders-3-in-the-works-for-pc-fall-release-targeted/
http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/06/age-of-wonders-3-in-the-works-for-pc-fall-release-targeted/#commentsWed, 06 Feb 2013 13:51:07 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=337274Another entry in the Age of Wonders series is in the works from Overlord developer Triumph Studios.

According to lead designer Lennart Sas, the studio is targeting a fall release for Age of Wonders 3 on PC with plans for a Mac version, and possibly a tablet version later on.

The title has been in development since 2010, contains “high production values” and will be on offer through Steam, GoG.com and select regions at retail.

Sas told Eurogamer that the firm will announce its “big partner” at a later date, and he wouldn’t be drawn on whether said partner was Epic Games or not.

Epic and Triumph co-created the series in 1999, and when asked if Epic were the “big partner” this time around, Sas said: “You’ve been reading up! That’s something for a later moment.”

The game is looking rather snazzy if we do say so ourselves, and Eurogamer has a few shots of it through the link.

An announcement trailer is below as well.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/06/age-of-wonders-3-in-the-works-for-pc-fall-release-targeted/feed/4Obsidian working on “leading animation franchise”http://www.vg247.com/2011/10/31/obsidian-working-on-leading-animation-franchise/
http://www.vg247.com/2011/10/31/obsidian-working-on-leading-animation-franchise/#commentsMon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:52 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=212942Fallout: New Vegas and Dungeon Siege III developer Obsidian Entertainment has an unrevealed title in the works.

The news comes courtesy of a DDM presentation, which puts Obsidian down as “currently developing [an] unannounced project for [a] leading animation franchise”.

DDM, which hooks developers up with publishers among other services, also lists two other unannounced projects for other studios. Need for Speed: Shift developer Slightly Mad Studios and Triumph Studios, the Dutch developer behind Overlord 2, are both listed as having unrevealed titles on their plates.

These secret titles may be in parallel development with known projects; Slightly Mad is working on the crowd-sourced CARS, while Obsidian is apparently developing an adaptation of Robert Jordan’s fantasy epic, Wheel of Time.

Codemasters has confirmed that Rhianna Pratchett is to script Overlord II.

“For a relatively new entertainment medium, it’s a sign of great progress that the industry is being recognised by the Writers’ Guild in this way. Writing for games is part alchemy, part narrative woodwork and part swimming in shark infested waters wearing ham pants, so it’s a real honour to be nominated for Overlord. The Overlord titles are fantastic creative projects and Triumph and Codemasters make a talented and supportive team who keep some of those sharks at bay,” said Pratchett.

“It’s a real pleasure to be back in the evil writing seat and taking the Overlord and the Minions to new lands and new adventures for the 2009 titles.”

Thursday 16th October/… Writers’ Guild Award-nominee Rhianna Pratchett has been signed as scriptwriter for Overlord™II, the sequel to the hit twisted fantasy adventure from Triumph Studios, and both series extensions – Overlord™Dark Legend and Overlord™Minions – coming 2009, publisher Codemasters® announced today.

The announcement sees Pratchett continuing her role as writer and narrative designer for the delightfully despotic series and follows her nomination for Best Videogame Script for her work on the original Overlord game in the Writers’ Guild Awards 2008. In addition to videogames, the prestigious Writers’ Guild Awards recognises the best in British writing talent across TV and radio drama, soap, comedy, theatre and movie screenplay categories. The awards will be held at BAFTA (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts) on Sunday 23rd November 2008 in London.

“For a relatively new entertainment medium, it’s a sign of great progress that the industry is being recognised by the Writers’ Guild in this way. Writing for games is part alchemy, part narrative woodwork and part swimming in shark infested waters wearing ham pants, so it’s a real honour to be nominated for Overlord. The Overlord titles are fantastic creative projects and Triumph and Codemasters make a talented and supportive team who keep some of those sharks at bay,” said Rhianna Pratchett. “It’s a real pleasure to be back in the evil writing seat and taking the Overlord and the Minions to new lands and new adventures for the 2009 titles.”

“Congratulations to Rhianna on her well-deserved nomination for Best Videogame Script,” said Lennart Sas, director and Overlord lead at Triumph Studios. “A huge part of Overlord’s popularity stems from its tongue-in-cheek, often dark humour and Rhianna’s dialogue provides the perfect fit to the gameplay. Rhianna understands that writing for games is different than writing for movies, which puts her above some of the Hollywood writing talent that have lent their names to games previously. We’re delighted to have her on board again to work across on the next instalment of the Overlord’s adventures.”

Coming 2009, all new titles in the Overlord series include Overlord II for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® and Games For Windows®, Overlord Dark Legend for Wii™ and Overlord Minions for Nintendo DS™. Prepare to face the Glorious Empire in Overlord II and the rather grim fairy tales of Overlord Dark Legend and Overlord Minions when the manic horde and awesome authoritarian returns in 2009.

Codemaster confirmed Overlord II overnight, this IGN report telling that the Triumph Studios-developed game will release in 2009 for 360, PS3 and PC.

From the piece:

Overlord II, “massively increases the scope of the original concept,” according to Lennart Sas, director and Overlord lead at Triumph Studios. The game introduces a new Overlord, hinted at in the final scene of Overlord: Raising Hell, for a clash between him and a Roman-inspired empire which has plans to root out all magic and take over the world. The game moves beyond the fantasy realm of the first to something closer to our own, allowing the game’s humor and satire to hit closer to home. Politics, environmental issues and more are up for parody in this game, though we wouldn’t be surprised if a fart joke or two slip in.